Lead Stories

Scores of taxi operators who traverse Lawrence Tavern in St Andrew to Glengoffe in St Catherine withdrew their services yesterday in protest over the deplorable road conditions which they say have become a threat to public safety. Some residents...

WESTERN BUREAU: Justice Bertram Morrison, who is presiding over the Michaelmas session of the St James Circuit Court, yesterday ordered the police to locate and bring before him 12 jurors who were served jury summonses but failed to show up for...

Colonel (ret’d) Martin Rickman, CEO of German Ship Repair Jamaica (GSRJ) Limited, has enough faith that Jamaicans can take on huge vessels in multiples for repairs and renovation in Kingston. After vast years of experience from being in the Jamaica...

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is in mourning today following the tragic deaths yesterday evening of two of its members in a motor vehicle accident while in pursuit of suspects in Clarendon. Two other police personnel were injured during the...

People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding has vowed that a new Government led by him will make lands available to the National Housing Trust (NHT) for qualified contributors, to allow them to build their own homes. During what is...

Western Bureau: While the St Elizabeth police are now seeing a significant reduction in major crimes, as well as more people being arrested and charged over the corresponding period last year, the parish’s police commander is reporting that murder...

As the People’s National Party (PNP) holds the public session of its annual conference today, senior members are confident that Region Six is poised to deliver a strong performance in the next general election, following a lacklustre showing in...

In May, George Shand* and some friends visited an attraction on Jamaica’s scenic north coast, not knowing that at the time, it was operating without the required government licence. “That’s incredible,” Shand, 32, exclaimed when The Sunday Gleaner...

A law enacted nearly three years ago to stem the influx of cell phones in prisons has failed its first test, forcing a prosecutor to end the trial of a prisoner who was purportedly discovered with two mobile devices in his cell at a maximum-...

Having survived Wednesday’s explosion at Burger King’s New Kingston outlet with severe burn injuries, supervisor Kerry-Ann Folkes’ family is now desperately fighting to get her flown out of the island for specialised care and treatment. But as...

At an institution where more than 90 per cent of the students enter grade seven unable to read, Justin Henry is hoping that his performance in this year’s sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams will be an inspiration...

Tragedy has struck the Commodore district in Linstead, St Catherine, for the fifth time in as many months, with the fatal shooting of Miriam Phillips, believed to be in her early fifties. The attack occurred around 8:30 Friday morning and also left...